Man With a Movie Camera, by James Whetzel

Man With a Movie Camera

by James Whetzel

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1.	Intro 01:20	buy track
2.	Giant Camera 00:21	buy track
3.	Enter the Theatre 01:24	buy track
4.	The Orchestra 01:20	buy track
5.	Woman on the Bed 01:08	buy track
6.	Trees and Mannequins 01:13	buy track
7.	Telephone 01:11	buy track
8.	Sunny Doorway 00:31	buy track
9.	Pigeons 00:23	buy track
10.	At the Train Tracks 00:38	buy track
11.	Putting on Stockings 00:38	buy track
12.	Camera on the Street 00:44	buy track
13.	Washing 01:09	buy track
14.	Driving Under Leaves 01:29	buy track
15.	Around the Town 00:38	buy track
16.	Smokestack and the Miner 01:03	buy track
17.	Machines and Sewing 01:27	buy track
18.	To the Market 01:26	buy track
19.	Slow Motion 00:12	buy track
20.	The Fountain 00:22	buy track
21.	Panorama 00:17	buy track
22.	The Postman 01:03	buy track
23.	Horses and Trains 01:51	buy track
24.	Stills 00:38	buy track
25.	Editor's Room 01:46	buy track
26.	Kinoman Strut 01:00	buy track
27.	Marriage 00:38	buy track
28.	Divorce 00:46	buy track
29.	Funeral, Wedding, Birth 01:42	buy track
30.	Trolleys and Elevators 01:52	buy track
31.	First Aid, Fire Truck 02:13	buy track
32.	Styling and Shaving 02:34	buy track
33.	Counting Money 00:19	buy track
34.	Super Fast Women at Work 01:34	buy track
35.	Film Library to Mining 00:57	buy track
36.	Sparks and Flames 01:07	buy track
37.	The Dam 02:35	buy track
38.	Traffic 00:31	buy track
39.	End of the Workday 01:14	buy track
40.	Workers Playtime 01:22	buy track
41.	Workers Newspaper 00:32	buy track
42.	Sports 02:17	buy track
43.	Swimming and Diving 01:03	buy track
44.	Mud Rub, Magic Show 02:04	buy track
45.	Shotput, Javelin, Basketball 02:14	buy track
46.	Motorcycles to Carousel 01:33	buy track
47.	To the Beer Hall 01:29	buy track
48.	Odessa Workers Club 03:15	buy track
49.	The Camera Is Alive! 00:56	buy track
50.	Whirring to Dance 00:55	buy track
51.	Planes Fly into Finale 05:33	buy track

about

This is first and foremost a soundtrack to Dziga Vertov's masterpiece film "Man With a Movie Camera." Secondly, it is my personal answer to Yann Tiersen's soundtrack to the film "Amélie," J Dilla's "Donuts" album, and the oeuvre of Ananda Shankar.

View the film with this soundtrack on Vimeo: vimeo.com/110899525

View the film with this soundtrack on YouTube: youtu.be/tiVc-G6-8pA

These fifty one tracks blend acoustic, electric, and electronic sounds.

Inspiration for this album comes from many sources including Hindustani ragas, hip hop, bass music, palm-wine guitar music, highlife, afro-beat, Maghrebi beats, tabla, bhangra, psychedelic rock, and ambient music.

I play sarod, electric sarod, guitar, bass, mandolin, accordion, analog synthesizers, tabla, dhol, dholak, darbouka, bendir, rumba box, talking drum, electronic drums and beats, and 41 other percussion instruments

Massive and sincere thanks to my Kickstarter supporters!

credits

released October 16, 2014

All music composed and performed by James Whetzel. Recorded and Produced by James Whetzel. Mastered by Emch at Subatomic Sound. Design by HOTHEAD UNLTD.

James Whetzel is a producer of acoustic and electronic music. He has made music in a wide variety of genres including downtempo, instrumental hip hop, soundtrack music, ambient music, indie pop, Hindustani classical fusion, and Christmas and Holiday music featuring the sound of the South Asian fretless lute the sarod. His release “Holiday: Sarod and Beats” was picked as one of the top ten holiday releases of 2013 by the LA Times. His soundtrack for the film “Man With a Movie Camera” has praised by fans of the film. A palm wine guitarist, sarodist, and tabla and darbouka player, his music often has influences of West African, North African, and South Asian music. He also releases music as Whetzel and is part of the groups: Who Is John Smith, Das Dhoom, DJ Baba James, Korky Bucek and James Whetzel, Mean Deep, and Yas / Whetzel.

For more on the compositions process see the successful Kickstarter campaign for this album: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1411249816/man-with-a-movie-camera

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Olin Place Seattle, Washington

Olin Place is a record label founded by James Whetzel in 1999. Styles of music include downtempo, instrumental hip hop, Indie Pop, West African and South Asian traditional music and fusion, ambient music, soundtrack music, and instrumental Christmas and Holiday music on sarod. ... more

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